Santi Kusumaningrum, DrPH

Santi joined the Department of Population and Family Health as an adjunct right after she got her DrPH there in 2019. She is the Director and Principal Investigator of PUSKAPA (Center on Child Protection and Wellbeing) ‚Äìa think-tank based at Universitas Indonesia and a long-standing partner of the Department. She also teaches in the Criminology Department at Universitas Indonesia. 

Santi does research and turns evidence into policy proposals, assists policymakers in implementing and evaluating those policies, and mobilizes young people's capacity to reform Indonesia's protection and care system, civil registration and data governance, and access to justice, so everyone thrives. In the academic world, Santi seeks to build scientific and ethical rigour in social justice.

Santi is keen on putting Indonesia on the global map. She seeks more collaborative and interdisciplinary research in Indonesia, from which knowledge should be made accessible, and insights should inform actions around the globe.